Bath-spray.



'N0.ss1,ss2. PATENTED MAR.10, 1908. I. J. OW-BN & a. A. BROOKS. BATHSPRAY.

APPLICATION FILED SEP'ILM, 1906.

2 SHEBTSSHEET 1.

Hum I m i alumni-1m ITO-881,332. PATENTED'MAR. 10, 1908. I. J. OWEN & R.A. BROOKS.

' BATH SPRAY. I

Annual-1011 FILED 8EPT.14.1906.

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IRA-J. OWEN, OF OAK PARK, AND ROBERT A. BROOKS,

TO JOHN G. HODGSON, sa,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS AND WILLIAM. A. oHRIs'rIANsEmor CHICAGO.ILLINOIS.

BATH-SPRAY.

To all whbm it may concernp' 'Be it known that we, IRAjJUNE OWEN andROBERT A. Bnoons, citizens ofthe-United States, and. residents of thecity of Oak Park V useful Improvements in full, clear, and exact.description of and Chicago, in the county of Cook and State haveinvented certain new and Bath-Spray; and the following is a the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofmarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

of Illinois,

we do hereby declare that 'TEJS invention relates to improvements inbath [sprays and more particularly to a bath spraying device adaptedeither tov be constructed as a part of the bath faucet or cook, or to beremovably attached to bath faucets .or cocks such as now'in use. Of thevarious types ofbath spraying devices heretofore de- "VISBd, some arearrangedzto spray from above downwardly upon the leather. Others arearranged to throw a from a tube or yoke supported on the person;

Others are simple sprays connected with the cock by a rubber tube andwhen used are held in the hand. These are all more or lessIIICOIIVGIIlGDt'lII use and are usually expensive and owing'to rubberbeing used in most, if not all of them, are-short'lived and need freqlllent repair and are always insanitary.

e object of this invention is to provide a spraying device adapted-tobe. permanently secured upon the cock within the bath tub and thoughoccupying but very small space, enablin the cock to be used asordinarily to deliver ot and cold or tempered water into the tub or byslight adjustment enabling a spray to be thrown upon the occupant of thetub, at diflerent angles practically filling the'entire area of the tubwith the spray.

. It is also an ob'ect of the invention to so" T construct a cook or thepurpose specified-as to enable the same to be used independently andwithout modification or change either to deliver the supply into the tubas usual :in a continuous hot or cold or a tempered stream or to sprayIt is also an important object of the invention to provide a device forthe purpose constructed wholly of metal and thus capableof' referenceFig. 2.

jet or spray of water 1 tion a downward limit of the same into the tuband upon bentupwardly rected 'Patented March 10, 1908. ,ess.

described and more fully pointed out hot and cold water and to which adevice ems 'bodying our invention is removably attached;

1g. 2 Is an enlarged vertical section, the a same showing a portion ofthe cock in elevation. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 4 is afront elevation of a bath cock embodying our invention. Fig. 5 is anenlarged vertical section taken on line 5-5 ofFig. 4. Fig. 6 is asection taken on line 6-601 Fig. 5. 7

As shown in the drawings: A indicates as a whole a double bath cookprovided with inlets a and a for hot and cold water respectively whichdischarges through a single deinto the bath tub iveryspout or nozzle aThe cock may be of--any'forn1 or as usual.

preferred construction in whichthe hot and so cold water are capable ofminghng' before the delivery into "the tub. nipple coo is threaded ontothe nozzle a 'of the Usually for purposes of ornamentabe'ad a, isprovided around the nozzle as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The s raying device embodying our invention eml iraces in the form shownin Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, a tube or ipe B provided with a screwthreaded cap I) tted on the upper end thereof and apertured to receivethe stem 0 therethrough, on the lower end of said stem is a piston cwhich fits is'shdable therein by means of said stem, the

movement thereof however is determined by a stop 0 on the outer end ofthe'stem engaging on the cap and the upward. limit thereof by aninternal stop or collar a secured on the stem and engaging beneath thecap. Said tube is provided near its lgwer end with a right angle tubularbranch'D whichat its end is enlarged and is to afford a horizontallydiead D Seated on said head concentric with the bore is a packing washerd; adapted to -fit a ainst and around the end of the nozzle of the cock.An internally threaded sleeve closely in the tube andengages said headand is rovided with setscrews d whichproject' t erethrough and Aremovable hose which is externally threaded.

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are adapted to engage in the groove above the bead a on the nozzle,rigidly securing the spray on the nozzle, after the removal of the hosenipple. Said tube or cylinder B, is transversely slotted on its frontside or that adjacent the bather. Said slots may be 'inclined slightlythereby directing the sprays downwardly so that none of the water isdirected beyond the sides ofthe tub. In the construction illustrated inFigs. 4 to 6 inclusive the spray is constructed integral with the bathcocks. For this purpose the hot water and cold water connection E and Edeliver into the cylinder or tube F on opposite sides thereof this isconstructed in all respects as the tube or cylinder B, before described.The open lower end of the cylinder is directed downwardly into the tuband is the nozzle of the cooks. The slots are arranged in the frontthereof as heretofore described and if desired the upper end of the stem0 may be provided with an enlargement 0 or cup to afford a soap tray.

The operation is as follows: When the plunger is elevated until the stop4: contacts the ca the discharge from the cock is through the open endof the cylinder directly into the tub. When the plunger or piston ismoved downwardly to the position shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 5the water iscombined within the cylinder and rising therein is forced by pressureoutwardly through the slots in .a fan shaped spray or jet from each slotwhich of course, will be directed longitudinally and laterally of thetuband the extent of the spray depends of course, upon the pressure andalso on the quantity of water delivered therefrom. By slightly incliningthe slots downwardly the spray may be directed downwardly thoughordinarily gravity tends to deflect the spray sufficiently doyvnward toconfine the water wholly in the tu In giving a medicinal or a perfumedbath soluble tablets G or crystals or both tablets and crystals of thedesired medicament or perfume are placed in the cylinder above thepiston. The resulting solution is thus sprayed upon the person, and ofcourse, may vary in strength of solution with temperature and solubilityof the tablets or crystals.

Of course many modifications and variation of the construction shown inthe drawings may be made and we do not purpose limiting this a plicationotherwise than necessitated by t shown is designed to be merely typicalof many different. applications of spraying heads adapted to be eitherpermanently or removably connected upon a faucet or cock and to occupybut sma space in the tub or other fixture.

.We claim as our invention:

-1. In a spraying device the combination with a cook, a cylindercommunicating theresubstantially horizontally at its up e prior art andthe construction.

with having slots in one side thereof adapted to deliver fan shapedsprays and an open. lower end and a valve in the cylinder adapted todirect the flow from the cocks to the spray and to the open end of thecylinder.

2. Ina device of the class described the combination with a'hot and coldwater cock of a mixing chamber, a pipe rigidly enga ed to the mixingchamber, an open ended cy inder having an aperture in its side affordingcommunication with the pipe and having a plurality of spray apertures inits side above and opposite said aperture, a plug valve in the cylinder,and a stem rigidly engaged to the same for manual actuation adapted tomove said valve to direct the flow from the cock to the open end of thecylinder and to direct the flow to the spray end of the cylinder.

3. In a device of the class described the combination with a cook, acylinder communicating therewith, having spraying slots in its side, avalve in the cylinder adapted to direct the fluid into the s n'ay end orout of the lower end of the cylin er, a stem engaged to the valve and aremovable top on the cylinder.

4. The combination with a source of water supply of a metallic tubularcylinder connected therewith, said cylinder having spraying apertures inone side above the point of connection and an open lower end, and avalve in the cylinder adapted to be elevated above the connection todirect the flow to the lower end of the cylinder, to be depressed todirect the flow to the spray end of the cylinder or to shut oil the flowentirely.

5. The combination with a double bath cock of a mixing and sprayingcylinder connected to receive the flow therefrom and comprising an upperapertured pressure chamber and a lower open discharge'orifice, a valveinterposed to direct the flow from the cock into either and a removablecover to admit of charging said pressure chamber with material toimpregnate the water.

6. A bath cock embracing valv'ed hot and cold water inlets a mixingchamber to receive the flow therefrom, an outlet, for the mixing chamberan apertured chamber above the, mixing chamber and a valve to direct thefiow either to the orifice or into the apertured chamber.

7. A bath cock embracing a tube slitted er part and'open at the lowerend, valved rot and cold water inlets opening into said tube near thelower end and a valve adapted to direct the water to said up er andlower ends.

8. A spraying coc embracing valved hot and cold water connections, amixing and spraying chamber through the side of which both deliver,means movable in the spray chamber diverting the flow from the saidchamber into the tub or fixture in a solid adapted to i rect the flow tothe spray'end -of thecylinder and a removable cap onthe top of thecylinder.

' below the s its a piston movable to close the charge terial into saidagertured .1ts upper end and stream or spray and a removable cover ermitinsertion into said cham ber. of soluble materials. Y e

9. A cock of the class a mixing chamber, .a pipe comI-nunicatingtherewith at ;one end, a spraying'cylinder having an a erture inits sideada ted to'register with tile pipe, a valve in. t e cylinder adapted tobe raised above the pipeto direct the flow from the cock to the lowerendof the cylinder or to be moved below'the pipe to di- Cy describedembracing b 10. -A .cock,of the class described embrac in valved hot"and cold water connections a tu e connectingthe same near the lower endand apertured for a part of its length and having in its remainingportion a larger disa erture and a'movable plug slidable in the tubeadapted to be elevated above the point of connection to close the,apertnred portion to the How and to open the discharge aperture andmeans for insertingsoluble mapart of the tube.

11. A spray o the class described embracing a straight tube transversely'slitted near open at its lower, one or assages openinginto said tubemore inlet apertured portion, or to close the lower end. of the tube andmeans actuatin saidi'piston either to afford a spray or free de 'ver'y;

12. In a spraying device the ombination with a cock, a cylinder havingslots in one side thereof, a tubular branch engaged to the cylinder andprovided with ahead on its outer end, a sleeve fitting said head and.means engaging the sleeve rigidly to thecoek. 13; As an article ofmanufacture a cylinder having fan sha 'ed slotsor spraying'ape'ri turesin one si e thereof, aflcap r'emo'vably' engaged on one end of thecylinder, meanssame to a cock and affording communication therebetweenand a valve in. the cylinderada ted to direct the fluid intothe sprayend of i e cylinder or in a solid stream from the coc I 1 14. In adevice of the class described the combination with a hot and cold watercock, of a spray chamber adapte to communicate rial and avalve anddepressed below cation to direct the stream from said cocks to the sprayend of the end.

a combination with a. cock of der, apipe engaged to and cylinderintermediate its ends and aving an enlarged threaded head -on-its outerend, a

sleeve I means securing said ,s'l eeve to the 00k, a packing-fittenozzle of the in the cylinder adapted v into the spray end of thet-he'fluid in a 'streamtherefrom or to close the pipe to stop the flow.'

combination with a cock gaged 'thereto or openings an an open end, meansaflordin I communication between the cylinder and coc'k,'-areciprocating vvalve insaid' cylinder,

."m'ea'ns' limiting the- --one direction to direct the flow to the openend fo the cylinder and means therewith intermediate its ends and havingan open lower end, a

removable ca on the lmder to permit insertion of solub e matei in thechamber adapted to elevated above the 5 5 point of communicationthe'pomt of communichamber or to the open 15. In a device ofjthe classdescribed the combination with a cylinder, means connecting the same to.a cock nication} I one end of the cylinder,

and affording commutherebetween, a removable cap on said cylinder havingapertures in the end adjacent the linder 'or-to the open end.

16. In a evice of the' class described the a spraying cylinope into theadapted to be secured on said head,

d within said sleeve around-the cock and a valve'reciprocati to directthe flui cylinder, to direct 17. In a device of, the 'classdescribedtheof a cylinder enrovided with spraying slots '85 movement of said valvein 9 O limiting the movem'ent of the valve to direct the fiuid to tlie'spraying end of the cylinder. engaged to the cylinderadaptedtosecure-the. I

n testimony whereof we have hereunto "subscribed ournamesin the presenceof' two subscriblng

